We recently connected with Craig Samborski and have shared our conversation below.
Craig, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
Growing up in a poor family situation, I realized early that whatever I obtained in life…Career, education, wealth, happiness, was only going to come from one thing and that was from hard work and being resilient, never giving up.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
At 14 years old, I began working as an usher at the local concert arena. Through the year’s I advanced to be Director Of Entertainment-booking national and international outing acts, This experience led to me starting my own business, producing concerts and festivals. Ultimately I began producing very large festivals.
In 2014, while meeting Otha colleague, I was dared to build the World’a Largest Rubber Duck as a PR stunt for an upcoming Festival I was producing in Los Angeles. I accepted the dare and a couple of months later the World’s Largest Rubber Duck, over 6 stories high, made its debut in Los Angeles. At the time, I thought it would be a really great idea or a really dumb idea. Thankfully, it was a great idea. While I built this Duck, for this one festival, it quickly turned into a full time business and has been pleasing crowds since then.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Creativity first and foremost. An idea has to come from somewhere.
Perseverance: It may take a thousand times to succeed, but if you believe in yourself, you will succeed.
Always learning: Read, study and assimilate knowledge in to your business plan and life in general.
Who has been most helpful in helping you overcome challenges or build and develop the essential skills, qualities or knowledge you needed to be successful?
One boss in particular…He was not a micro-manager. His policy is to hire the best and brightest. As he told me, “I am not a kindergarten teacher. You know what needs to be done, so make it so.”
Contact Info:
- Website: https://thebigduck.us
- Instagram: TheBigDuck
- Facebook: TheBigDuck
- Linkedin: Craig Samborski
- Twitter: TheBigDuck
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Craig Samborski
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